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Oilseed Demand Outweighs Harvest Pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 8, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contacts moved higher during the week ended Sept. 1, as production concerns, advances in outside markets, solid end-user demand, and fund buying all provided support. However, the futures did run into some solid resistance to the upside, and profit-taking at the highs served to limit the advances. Harvest operations are moving

Crops, Oilseeds

Hedge Funds Hit The Fields To Check Out Crops

By Mark Weinraub September 8, 2011

Except for the spiffy Hunter rainboots that can cost more than $100 a pair, the fund manager was one with the crowd – farmers and industry folk in a muddy cornfield in the heart of U.S. grain country. Hedge fund officials are making their way to fields in the midwestern United States in record numbers

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Trade Bullish Despite Big Forecast

By Commodity News Service September 1, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted some modest advances during the week ended Aug. 26 despite the fact that a crop production survey from Statistics Canada estimated output of the crop at a record-size level. The government agency’s survey for the period ended July 31 said canola production in Canada during

Cereals, News

Research Key To Choosing Right Futures Broker

By Dwayne Klassen September 1, 2011

In relation to time spent on production, farmers in Canada spend very little time actually marketing their crops and even less time seeking out brokerage firms that will guide them. But with the impending end of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly on wheat and barley in 2012, more farmers may be looking for a broker

Cereals, News

CWB Wind-Down Affects Delivery And Pricing Programs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 1, 2011

Western Canadian farmers used to marketing some of their wheat and durum later in the crop year will have fewer options in 2011-12, as the uncertain future facing the Canadian Wheat Board has caused the marketing agency to refrain from offering some of its programs. “Given the uncertainty around the 2012- 13 crop year, and

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Futures Fend Off Weather-Related Bearishness

By Commodity News Service August 25, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to recapture some upward price action during the week ended Aug. 19. Support stemmed from the rally experienced in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean complex, with a drop-off in farmer sales of canola into the western Canadian cash market also providing a firm

Cereals, Grain Markets

Minneapolis Grain Exchange To Allow Non-U. S. Wheat At Delivery Elevators

August 25, 2011

CHICAGO/REUTERS The Minneapolis Grain Exchange said Aug. 16 it would allow wheat from outside the United States to be delivered against its hard red spring wheat futures contract. The change will be effective no later than the May 2013 contract month, the exchange said in a statement. The majority of non-U. S. spring wheat deliveries

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Bearish Sentiments, Weather Drag On Canola

By Dwayne Klassen August 11, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a minor setback during the week ended Aug. 5 with the downtrend in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean complex and the liquidation of positions by speculators and commodity funds who were spooked by the uncertain global economic situation, behind the bearish price sentiment.

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 4, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around during the week ended July 29, the last week of the 2010- 11 crop year, but managed to post small declines overall amid improving weather conditions and global economic uncertainty. On the year, canola futures are up over $220 per tonne from where they were at the close

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Strong Dollar Tempers Canola Export Demand

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 28, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts found themselves moving lower for most of the week ended July 22, and could be set for some further declines before harvest if no new weather scares or outside market rallies materialize. A heat wave in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan did provide a little support for canola, with reports of

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Tag Archives Futures contract

Oilseed Demand Outweighs Harvest Pressure

Hedge Funds Hit The Fields To Check Out Crops

Canola Trade Bullish Despite Big Forecast

Research Key To Choosing Right Futures Broker

CWB Wind-Down Affects Delivery And Pricing Programs

Canola Futures Fend Off Weather-Related Bearishness

Minneapolis Grain Exchange To Allow Non-U. S. Wheat At Delivery Elevators

Bearish Sentiments, Weather Drag On Canola

U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

Strong Dollar Tempers Canola Export Demand

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